Birmingham man killed, 2 injured in I-20 wreck involving tractor-trailers

Birmingham man killed, 2 injured in I-20 wreck involving tractor-trailers

A Birmingham man was killed and two people was injured late Friday morning in a wreck involving two tractor-trailers on I-20 in Jefferson County, authorities said.

Roshid D. Hinkle, 26, was driving a 2018 Volvo tractor-trailer that collided with a a 2012 Kenworth tractor-trailer that was parked on the shoulder of I-20 around 10:50 a.m. near Leeds, said Senior Trooper Justin O’Neal of the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency.

Hinkle was pronounced dead at the scene of the wreck on I-20 near the 139-mile marker.

A passenger in the Volvo tractor-trailer was taken to UAB Hospital while the driver of the Kenworth tractor-trailer was taken to St. Vincent’s Hospital.

Further information on the wreck was unavailable Friday night as state troopers continued to investigate the crash.